Maybe he/she is warning that verapamil might not work for cluster headaches, and also in a roundabout way warning that this was one of those DTC fiends? Or, maybe he/she had pulled up a list of hypertension medications and started at the end of the alphabet, or looked up WebMD and started from the bottom of the list, instead of the usual order of: ACE-I, diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers? Or?

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